127th General Assembly
(S. Health, Human Services & Aging)
Specifies
that any of the bill's procedures for amending or revoking an anatomical gift
may be used when the gift has been made in a will, including the procedures for
amending or revoking the gift by using any form of communication addressed to
at least two adults during a terminal illness or injury.
Removes
the bill's requirement that at least one disinterested witness be a party to a
person's amendment, revocation, or refusal of an anatomical gift under either
of the following circumstances:
--When a
person amends, revokes, or refuses to make an anatomical gift during a terminal
illness or injury;
--When a
person has been asked to sign a record of the amendment, revocation, or refusal
on another person's behalf because the person seeking to establish the record
is physically unable to sign the record.
Specifies that after an anatomical gift of part of a body has been
removed, custody of the remainder of the body passes to those persons who have
the right of disposition of the body, as provided under current law.
Requires the
donor registry maintained by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to include the name
of each individual who has made an anatomical gift through a designation on a
state identification card.[1]
Donations and information provided to hospitals
Expands the types of hospitals to
which anatomical gifts may be made by including not only hospitals operated in
Ohio, but also hospitals that are operated in other states or by the United
States.
Includes the additional hospitals within the bill's provisions that
require emergency personnel to send documentation of anatomical gifts or
refusals found on a decedent who is taken to a hospital.
Makes technical changes to correct statutory cross-references and to clarify certain provisions of the bill.
H0529-127.doc/ar 12/17/2008